Collar construction for garment with removable liner



y 1961 H. G. COHEN 2,991,479 COLLAR CONSTRUCTION FOR GARMENT WITHREMOVABLE LINER Filed Sept. 9, 1958 S Sheets-Sheet 1 Fig. I

INVENTOR. HENRY G. COHEN ATTORNEYS July 11, 1961 H. G. COHEN 2,991,479COLLAR CONSTRUCTION FOR GARMENT WITH REMOVABLE LINER Filed Sept. 9, 19583 Sheets-Sheet 3 Fig. 6

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HENRY G. COHEN -|O B1745. I :w cdmrwg AT TORNEYS Unite My inventionrelates to an improved construction for the collar of a garment formedby the removable interlining of coats or the like. More particularly, itrelates to an improved construction for forming a collar on a removableinterlining, the lining being otherwise adapted for use as a bath orlounging robe in that the material of which it is made and the tailoringand finishing are similar to ordinary garments of this type. 7 It is ofcourse known to provide a removable lining for outercoats so that thecoat may be used in mild or cold weather. In general, these linings arecollarless and have little utility apart from their use as a coatlining. Thus, except in cold weather, the lining serves no usefulfunction, and merely hangs in the owners closet. It has heretofore beenproposed to add sleeves to the interlining, and by proper finishing toutilize the interlining as a bathrobe or lounging robe. However, thisidea has not been found completely satisfactory because the collarportion of the bathrobe adds an extra layer of material immediatelybeneath the collar portion of the coat. The coat is already fairly bulkyat this point and this extra material gives the coat an undesirable feeland makes the wearer uncomfortable.

Some provision must be made to provide a collar for the interlining whenit is to be used as a bath or lounging robe, since in many cases coatsof the type described are of very high quality and sold to patrons ofdiscerning taste. :Many patrons of this class buy these coats for usewhen travelling since they do not then require a separate bathrobe. Acollarless bath or lounging robe, for esthetic reasons, would becompletely undesirable for use by customers of the class described.

In coats made according to my invention, the interlining of the coat maybe readily used as a bathrobe with an attractive attached collar, butwhen used as an interlining the undesirable bulk heretofore mentioned iseliminated.

Accordingly, it is a principal object of my invention to States Patentprovide an improved construction for coats having a removableinterlining which may itself serve as a garment, but in which the bulkyeffect of the collar of the interlining is eliminated.

Another object of my invention is to provide a construction of the typedescribed which utilizes a separate collar piece for attachment to thecoat interlining to form the collar thereof.

A feature of my invention is the use of the same fastenings for both theattachment of the collar piece to the interlining and for the attachmentof the interlining to the coat.

Another feature of my invention is the design of the interlining andcollar piece to provide either a shawl collar or a conventional collarhaving notched lapels.

Other and further objects and features of my invention Will impart theobvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

My invention accordingly, comprises the features of construction,combination of elements, and arrangements of parts which will beexemplified in the constructions hereinafter set forth and the scope ofthe invention will be indicated in the claim.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of my invention,reference should be had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a drawing showing an interlining made according to a firstembodiment of my invention inserted in a coat;

FIG. 2 illustrates the collar construction of the garment formed by theinterlining of FIG. 1, and the collar piece;

FIG. 3 shows the collar piece forming a portion of the collar in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a section taken along the line 4-4 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a section taken along the line of 5-5 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 illustrates a garment formed from the interlining of a coat suchas that shown in FIG. 1 having a difierent collar construction;

FIG. 7 shows the collar piece forming the collar of the garment in FIG.6; and

FIG. 8 is a section taken along the line 88 of FIG. 6.

As shown in FIG. 1, an interlining 10, made according to my invention,is fastened to a conventional coat 16 having a collar and sleeves bymeans of conventional buttons 12 on the coat and buttonholes 13 alongthe front edges of the interlining as well as by snap fasteners 14 toform the lining of the coat 16. As shown, an armhole 18 is formed in theinterlining to which a sleeve 19 is attached and a breast pocket 20 isalso formed at the usual location. Interlining ltl also includes a lapelportion 22. When the interlining is used to line a topcoat, the lapelportion is folded over as shown in FIG. 1 and occupies the areaindicated by the broken line. If the interlining were not folded over inthis manner, the lapel portion would occupy the area 24 shown by thealternate dotdash line. Although not shown, additional buttons areprovided on the fly portion of the coat to hold the interlining therein.

As shown in FIG. 2, the interlining is provided along at least one frontedge thereof with a row of buttons on the reverse side thereof (i.e. theside which is next to the interiorof the coat when used as a lining) thebuttons being indicated at 26. These buttons cooperate with thebuttonholes 13 to close the lining in the manner of a conventionalsingle breasted coat or jacket. The lapel portions 22 which are held inthe position shown in FIG. 1 by the buttons 28 and buttonholes 30, maybe left in this position when the interlining is used as a bathrobe orthey may be unbuttoned to give the appearance of the lapels on aconventional suitcoat if desired. A collar portion 32, to be more fullydescribed hereinafter, is attached to the interlining by the fasteningwhich are utilized to fasten the yoke of the interlining to the interiorof the yoke of the coat 16. It will be apparent from FIG. 2, that thegarment shown therein is completely conventional in appearance andadequate for use as a bath or lounging robe by persons of the mostdiscriminating taste.

The collar portion 32 illustrated in FIG. 3 comprises a shaped collar 34having buttonholes 36 formed in each end thereof, and an arcuate portion38 having a plurality of fasteners 40 secured thereto. Fasteners 40cooperate with the fasteners 14 of the lining to hold the arcuateportion 38 of the collar piece in engagement with the yoke of theinterlining 10. It will be understood, that the arcuate portion 38 shownin FIG. 3 is foreshortened because it is a perspective view with thecollar portion 34 lying flat in the plane of the drawing. If theperspective had been taken such that the arcuate portion 38 was in theplane of the drawing, then it would occupy the area extending outwardlyto the alternate dot and dash line 42.

FIG. 4 illustrates the manner in which the yoke of the interlining isfastened to the yoke of the coat 16. As shown therein, the interliningincludes the male portion 14 of a snap fastener, the female portion ofthe fastener 44 being attached to a flap 46 which in turn is secured tothe interior of the coat 16. The manner in which the collar piece 32 isattached to the interlining is shown in FIG. 5. As shown therein, thecollar piece is folded substantially double with the arcuate portion 38on the inside and the collar forming portion 34 on the outside. Thefasteners 14 in the interlining are adapted to engage correspondingfemale fasteners 40 on the arcuate portion 38. Additionally, thebuttonholes 36 in the collar are adapted to cooperate with buttons 48(FIG. 2) attached tothe underside of the lapels to attach the collarportion 32 thereto. In this manner the collar is securely and adequatelyfastened to the interlining to provide the pleasing appearance of FIG.2. When the interlining is used .to line the coat 16, collar portion 32may be conveniently buttoned to one of the buttons on the reverse faceof the interlining, such as buttons 28 or 48, for storage. It will thenbe readily available for use when it is desired to convert theinterlining to a bath or lounging robe.

In FIG. 6 I have illustrated another embodiment of collar constructionfor use with a removable interlining. As shown, the collar constructionis different from that shown in FIG. 2 in that no lapels are formed onthe interlining, but rather the entire collar is formed from a singledetachable collar piece 32'. Also, as shown in FIG. 6, the interliningadapted to be attached to the coat 16 by a plurality of buttons andbuttonholes around the yoke of the interlining rather than by the use ofsnap fasteners. This collar also presents a pleasing appearance andtends to eliminate some of the bulk associated with the lapels 22 of theconstruction illustrated in FIG. 2.

In this construction, a plurality of buttonholes 58 are formed about theyoke and along the lapels of the interlining 10. The collar piece 32',shown in FIG. 7, includes a collar portion 50 with a substantiallyrectangular attaching piece 52 integrally formed therewith. Buttons 54are attached to the inside surface of the rectangular portion 52 of thecollar piece, and at one end thereof one portion a snap fastener 56 isattached. As shown in FIG. 6 this snap fastener cooperates with anotherpart of the snap fastener attached to the interior of the interlining 10to hold the collar piece in place under the overlapping portions of thefly. FIG. 8 illustrates the manner in which the collar portion 32 isattached by the buttons 54 through the buttonholes 58 formed in the yokeportion of the interlining 10. The collar piece 32' may, of course, bedetached and stored in the same manner as the collar piece 32 of FIG. 3.

It will be understood of course that snap fasteners might be used withthe construction of FIG. 6 and buttons with the construction of FIG. 3and that the constructions shown are by way of illustration only. It isalso to be understood, that by an appropriate arrangement of flaps, theentire interlining might be attached to the interior .or the coat 16 bymeans of zippers or the like. However, I have found that it ispreferable to use the button 'or snap fastener constructions hereinillustrated for reasons of convenience and economy.

It will thus be seen that I have provided an improved construction forthe collar portion of a garment formed by the removable interlining oftopcoats or the like which is esthetically pleasing and simple ofconstruction. -By the use of this collar construction, the removablelinings of topcoats and the like may readily be converted for use asseparate garments, and these garments will retain a pleasing appearanceand will not indicate that they also have another utilitarian purpose.It will be 4 noted that the same fastenings which are used to hold thelining in the coat are also used to hold the removable collar piece tothe interlining, and that the collar piece may readily be stored bymerely attaching it to one of the interor surfaces of the coat orlining.

It will thus be seen that the objects set forth above among those madeapparent from the preceding description, are efliciently attained and,since certain changes may be made in the above construction withoutdeparting from the scope of my invention, it is intended that all mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawingsshall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a lmiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claim is intended tocover all of the generic and specific features of the invention hereindescribed, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as amatter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

I claim:

In combination, a coat having a collar and sleeves and a pair of frontedge portions with separable fastening means for securing said frontedge portions together, a collarless lounging robe and the like havingsleeves and a yoke portion and a pair of front edge portions but nolapels, the robe being received within the coat with the sleeves of therobe disposed within the sleeves of the coat and with said yoke portionbeing in registry with the collar portion of the coat and with the frontedge portions of the robe lying generally alongside the front edgeportions of the coat, a plurality of cooperable separable fasteningmeans arranged along each of the collar and front edge portions of thecoat and along each of the yoke portion and front edge portions of therobe and securing the robe to the coat whereby the robe serves as aninterlining for the coat, a separate shawl type collar for the robe,means storing the collar between the coat and robe so that the collar isreadily accessible for use, a plurality of fastening means on the collarcooperably engageable with at least some of said fastening meansarranged around said yoke portion for detachably securing the collar tothe robe when the robe has been removed from the coat for use as aseparate garment, and additional fastening means along one of the frontedge por tions of the robe cooperably engageable with at least some ofthe first-mentioned fastening means along the other front edge portionof the robe to detachably secure the front edge portions of the robetogether when the robe is used as a separate garment.

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